Job Description

Job Title: Medical Laboratory Technologist

Location: Harker Heights, TX 76548

Job Type: Permanent

Shift: 36 hours per week (7 p.m.–7 a.m.)

Job Requirements:

Baccalaureate Degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or a chemical, physical or biological science OR Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies, or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree.

Preferred Job Requirements:

ASCP or equivalent. Certification within a specific area, i.e., M (ASCP), H (ASCP), and C (ASCP), qualifies.

Previous clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician, Medical technology specialist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Laboratory Scientist within a clinical laboratory.

Charting System:

EPIC

Description for Job Board

• Functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis.
• Performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation.
• Promote professionalism and interact with colleagues in a way that promotes a cooperative working environment.
• Display the technical expertise necessary to ensure timely and accurate results of laboratory procedures.
• Ensure specimens are obtained and processed in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
• Demonstrate proper communication skills to relate pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to the appropriate care provider.
• Support organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Attain the required competency and demonstrate the ability to follow procedural directions and protocols.
• Exhibit problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and evaluate critical laboratory results.
• Participate in the training and mentoring of new employees, students, or interns, including lectures and bench techniques.
• I am able to prioritize and organize my workload and assist other coworkers to maintain productivity.
• Demonstrate proper infection control practices, proper patient identification, and proper prompt specimen transport.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned.
• Engage in self-evaluation of practice and take action to improve knowledge and skills.
• Promote consensus-building, apply techniques of conflict resolution, and conduct improvement.
• Retain accountability for the quality of care given to the patient.
• Promote service excellence and the growth of the laboratory.

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